Undergarment



S. ROODNER May 24, 1949.

UNDERGARMENT Filed April 18, 1947 mm. fig/ll/ia Roodner ATTORNEYS Patented May,24, 1949 UNDERGARMENT Sylvia Roodner, New York, N. Y. Application April 18, 1947, Serial No. 742,363

Rcsst 3 Claims. (01.2-73) a This invention relates to a new and improved ladys undergarment, and more particularly to an undergarment comprising a separate skirt or slip portion and a separate brassiere portion, said slip or skirt portion and brassiere portion being interconnected at the central front portion of said undergarment.

Among the objects of the invention is the provision of an undergarment having separate, interconnected brassiere and skirt portions which will conform to the body of the wearer and which will permit free and unconstricted movement to the body and arms of the wearer without displacement and without riding up or down on the body of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an undergarment of the character indicated having a slip portion terminating at approximately the waistline of the wearer and provided with an elastic band therearound to retain said slip portion in adjusted position, a brassiere portion being disposed above the slip portion and spaced therefrom, said brassiere portion being interconnected with said slip portion by a connecting panel at the front of the undergarment in such a manner as to substantially prevent upward displacement or riding of the slip portion or downward displacement of the brassiere portion of the undergarment.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an undergarment of the character indicated provided with-a slip portion having no side seams so as to contribute greatly to the durability and wearing qualities of the undergarment and to minimize the possibility of tearing.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a two-in-one undergarment having only one pair of shoulder straps whereas two pairs of shoulder straps would be normally required if the article were not a combination undergarrnent. Such elimination of one pair of shoulder straps affords greater comfort to the wearer.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a single undergarment which, while combining both the functions of a slip and brassire, is ideally suited for wear in warm weather, by reason of the spacing of the brassire portion above the top of the slip portion at the waistline of the wearer, except at the interconnecting panel disposed at the central front portion of the undergarment, said interconnecting panel concealing the corset or girdle that may be worn.

The foregoing objects as well as aditional ob- J'ects and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent in the course of the following 2 a detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention, and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of an undergarment embodying the features of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear view partly in elevation and partly in perspective, of the undergarment of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of a modified form of undergarment which, while embodying the features and advantages of the invention, has contiguous slip and brassire portions adapting the undergarment for wear in average or cold weather.

In the drawing, the brassiere portion of the undergarment is generally indicated by the reference letter B and the slip or skirt portion is generally indicated by the letter S.

Brassiere B may be of any suitable design and carries the usual supporting shoulder straps l0.

Slip or skirt portion S comprises a main body panel II which is made from a single blank of material in which the median line of the main body portion is on the bias and the upper front side edges are on the straight of the material, that is, parallel to the warp and weft respectively. In forming the main body panel II, the single blank of material is folded on the bias forming substantially a triangle with the two adjacent free side edges on the straight of the material, the folded side edge on the bias and two adjacent free lower edges. The material is then cut concave from the free side edges to the folded edge, near the apex, to-form the waistline, then the free side edges near the lower edges are cut at a slight angle from the straight side edges to the lower edges and then the lower portion of the folded material is cut convex from the free side edges to a predetermined point near the lower end of the folded edge to form the hem line. In this manner, that part of the material so out which becomes the front portion of the skirt is on the straight, and that part which becomes the back of the skirt is on the bias, when the cut blank is assembled into skirt form.

As clearly indicated in Fig. 3, by cutting panel II from a single piece of material to form the body of skirt portion S, the presence of side seams taken on line 33 of 3 is eliminated. Said panel I I is cut to present, at the front of skirt portion S, a pair of upwardly divergent edges l2 extending from a point l3 above the bottom edge of slip portion S to the upper edge of said slip portion at approximately the waistline of the wearer. The edges of panel ll below point l3 at the intersection of edges 12 are substantially vertical and may be stitched together along line H to partially form slip portion 8.

An intermediate front panel l5 having a pair of upwardly divergent edges l8 may be secured to main panel I l by stitching each edge l6 to a respective edge 12 of said main panel. Intermediate front panel I5 serves additionally as a connecting panel for the brassiere portion B of the undergarment in a manner to be fully described and isprovided with an extension ll extending upwardly above the top edge of slip portion S. Panel i5 isJ-preferably formed with an outer layer Ila and an inner layer i5b as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Main body panel ii is preferabl provided at the top edge thereof with an elastic band or strip i8 for supporting and maintaining slip portion S in adjusted position on the body of the wearer.

Brassiere portion B of the undergarment is preferably spaced from and connected with slip portion S by means of upward extension ll of panel I5. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, this may be conveniently accomplished by stitching outer layer Na of said extension to the outside of brassire B and stitching inner layer iBb to the inner face of said brassire.

The manner in which brassire portion 28 and slip portion S are interconnected by means of panel l5, which forms a part of the body of the slip, and its extension I! is an extremely important feature of the invention and combines with the other features of the invention to prevent upward displacement or riding of slip portion S and downward displacement of brassiere portion B while allowing free and unconstricted movement to the body of the wearer. Thus, by providing an interconnecting panel l5 having an upward extension H and a pair of divergent edges extending far down into the body of slip portion S, any upward pull which might be exerted on said slip portion is diffused and distributed over a large area rather than localized at a point on the top edge of said slip portion with the practical result, as observed in wearing the undergarment, that there is no upward displacement of slip portion S or downward displacement of brassiere portion B.

In addition to the inherent advantages of the design and construction of the undergarment residing in the provision of a separate brassire portion B spaced from and interconnected with slip portion S to afford a greater degree of freedom of motion to the wearer, the arrangement ideally adapts the undergarment for use in warm weather .by having free the midrifl of the wearer.

The modification of the invention illustrated in Fig. 6 is similar in all respects to the embodiment initially described except that the space between the top edge of the slip portion 8 and the bottom edge of brassire portion B has been reduced until said edges are substantially contiguous. This is accomplished b widening elastic waist band l8 of slip portion S. This form of the invention adapts the undergarment for use in average or cold weather by covering the midriif of the wearer while retaining the advantages of the undergarment which have been elaborated hereinabove. In addition, the widened elastic waist band l8 of slip S serves to properly hold the midrifi section of the wearer thereby preventing any bulges and eliminating the necessity of a long brassire.

Since certain modifications may be made in the undergarment of the invention without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the foregoing description and shown in the accompanying drawing be interpreted merely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. An. undergarment of the character described comprising a brassiere portion and an attached skirt portion, said skirt portion comprising a main body panel and an intermediate wedge shaped front panel, said main body panel comprising a fabric section in which the median line is on the bias and the upper side edge portions are on the straight of the material and positioned at the front of the garment, the said upper side edge portions diverging upwardly toward the waist line of the garment and attached to the side edges of the intermediate wedge shaped front panel, the lower side edge portions of the main body panel being secured together below the wedge shaped front panel.

2. An undergarment in accordance with claim 1 characterized by said wedge shaped panel having an upper extension forming the central portion of the brassire.

3. An undergarment in accordance with claim 1 in which the said main body portion terminates at the waist line, and means for supporting the upper edge of the main body panel at the waist line in spaced relation to the lower edge of the brassire portion.

SYLVIA ROODNER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,042,305 Goodman May 26, 1936 2,056,025 Thomas Sept. 29, 1936 2,062,150 Sussberg Nov. 24. 1936 

